Joe Magrane had the best ERA in the NL in a season in 1988, with an ERA of 2.18.

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	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.18	1988	STL	24	5	9	.357	24	100	4	3	0	165.1	133	40	57	6	51	2	0	4	677	8	5.44	2.78	1.96	0.33	14.8	7.5	1.11	.245	3.10	63	2.98	86	7.24	9
2	David Cone D. Cone	2.22	1988	NYM	35	20	3	.870	28	213	8	4	0	231.1	178	57	67	10	80	4	0	7	936	10	8.29	3.11	2.66	0.39	22.8	8.5	1.12	.267	2.61	68	2.57	75	6.93	22.5
3	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.26	1988	LAD	35	23	8	.742	34	178	15	8	1	267.0	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
4	John Tudor J. Tudor	2.32	1988	TOT	30	10	8	.556	30	87	5	1	0	197.2	189	51	60	10	41	1	0	7	794	0	3.96	1.87	2.12	0.46	11.0	5.2	1.16	.273	2.73	68	3.17	92	8.61	6
5	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.39	1988	CIN	49	13	8	.619	19	160	0	0	0	162.0	120	43	47	7	63	3	12	7	653	1	8.89	3.50	2.54	0.39	24.5	9.6	1.13	.269	2.61	67	2.57	70	6.67	19
6	Pascual Perez P. Perez	2.44	1988	MON	27	12	8	.600	27	131	4	2	0	188.0	133	51	59	15	44	7	0	6	741	5	6.27	2.11	2.98	0.72	17.7	5.9	0.94	.217	2.82	70	3.22	93	6.37	5.3
7	Don Robinson D. Robinson	2.45	1988	SFG	51	10	5	.667	19	122	3	2	6	176.2	152	48	63	11	49	3	19	12	725	4	6.22	2.50	2.49	0.56	16.8	6.8	1.14	.261	3.21	73	3.07	88	7.74	8.5
8	Bob Walk B. Walk	2.71	1988	PIT	32	12	10	.545	32	81	1	1	0	212.2	183	64	75	6	65	2	0	5	881	13	3.43	2.75	1.25	0.25	9.2	7.4	1.17	.243	3.17	79	3.31	93	7.74	5.5
9	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2.72	1988	MON	34	15	13	.536	34	120	9	2	0	235.1	215	71	94	21	55	6	0	3	968	5	4.59	2.10	2.18	0.80	12.4	5.7	1.15	.253	3.59	78	3.68	106	8.22	-5.6
10	Danny Jackson D. Jackson	2.73	1988	CIN	35	23	8	.742	35	161	15	6	0	260.2	206	79	86	13	71	2	0	6	1,034	5	5.56	2.45	2.27	0.45	15.6	6.9	1.06	.245	2.97	77	3.01	83	7.11	18.1
11	Bob Ojeda B. Ojeda	2.88	1988	NYM	29	10	13	.435	29	133	5	5	0	190.1	158	61	74	6	33	4	0	2	752	4	6.29	1.56	4.03	0.28	17.7	4.4	1.00	.264	3.50	88	2.36	69	7.47	23.1
12	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	2.91	1988	LAD	36	12	6	.667	27	152	4	1	4	179.2	143	58	65	8	51	2	5	7	719	4	7.61	2.55	2.98	0.40	21.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.26	88	2.53	74	7.16	17.6
13	Tim Leary T. Leary	2.91	1988	LAD	35	17	11	.607	34	180	9	6	0	228.2	201	74	87	13	56	6	0	4	932	9	7.08	2.20	3.21	0.51	19.3	6.0	1.12	.278	3.42	88	2.74	81	7.91	17
14	Mike Scott M. Scott	2.92	1988	HOU	32	14	8	.636	32	190	8	5	0	218.2	162	71	74	19	53	8	0	6	875	1	7.82	2.18	3.58	0.78	21.7	6.1	0.98	.236	3.05	87	2.99	90	6.67	8.2
15	Jim Deshaies J. Deshaies	3.00	1988	HOU	31	11	14	.440	31	127	3	2	0	207.0	164	69	77	20	72	2	0	5	847	1	5.52	3.13	1.76	0.87	15.0	8.5	1.14	.230	3.35	90	3.86	116	7.13	-13.4
16	Bryn Smith B. Smith	3.00	1988	MON	32	12	10	.545	32	122	1	0	0	198.0	179	66	79	15	32	10	0	2	791	2	5.55	1.45	3.81	0.68	15.4	4.0	1.07	.268	3.59	86	3.15	91	8.14	7.1
17	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.03	1988	NYM	31	12	10	.545	31	189	1	1	0	187.0	127	63	69	15	70	6	0	1	751	4	9.10	3.37	2.70	0.72	25.2	9.3	1.05	.238	3.32	93	3.00	87	6.11	9.1
18	John Dopson J. Dopson	3.04	1988	MON	26	3	11	.214	26	101	1	0	0	168.2	150	57	69	15	58	1	0	3	704	3	5.39	3.09	1.74	0.80	14.3	8.2	1.23	.255	3.68	87	3.77	109	8.00	-5.7
19	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.08	1988	PIT	33	15	7	.682	32	127	3	1	0	219.1	194	75	83	21	50	6	0	4	880	4	5.21	2.05	2.54	0.86	14.4	5.7	1.11	.256	3.41	90	3.61	102	7.96	-1.6
20	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.12	1988	SFG	36	19	11	.633	36	92	7	2	0	245.0	242	85	88	11	42	6	0	8	1,000	4	3.38	1.54	2.19	0.40	9.2	4.2	1.16	.272	3.23	93	3.18	91	8.89	8.9
21	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	3.14	1988	HOU	27	14	5	.737	27	103	3	2	0	175.0	156	61	70	13	67	2	0	2	726	6	5.30	3.45	1.54	0.67	14.2	9.2	1.27	.264	3.60	94	3.73	112	8.02	-8.6
22	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.18	1988	CHC	34	18	8	.692	34	140	9	3	0	249.0	230	88	97	13	81	9	0	16	1,047	3	5.06	2.93	1.73	0.47	13.4	7.7	1.25	.270	3.51	87	3.40	94	8.31	6.1
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3.19	1988	NYM	34	18	9	.667	34	175	10	3	0	248.1	242	88	98	8	57	6	0	4	1,024	5	6.34	2.07	3.07	0.29	17.1	5.6	1.20	.301	3.55	97	2.53	74	8.77	25.3
24	John Smiley J. Smiley	3.25	1988	PIT	34	13	11	.542	32	129	5	1	0	205.0	185	74	81	15	46	3	0	4	835	6	5.66	2.02	2.80	0.66	15.4	5.5	1.13	.265	3.56	95	3.17	90	8.12	8.5
25	Ron Darling R. Darling	3.25	1988	NYM	34	17	9	.654	34	161	7	4	0	240.2	218	87	97	24	60	5	0	2	971	7	6.02	2.24	2.68	0.90	16.6	6.2	1.16	.269	3.63	99	3.53	103	8.15	-2.8

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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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